Interactive NWS Alert Information

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
941 PM EDT TUE JUN 21 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBIA HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FAIRFIELD COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  WESTERN KERSHAW COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  LANCASTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  NORTHEASTERN LEXINGTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL SOUTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT

* AT 939 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE  
  LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES NORTH OF CHESTER TO    
  WINNSBORO TO IRMO...AND MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE FIVE POINTS...FORT
  JACKSON...WOODFIELDS...WINNSBORO...WEST COLUMBIA...ST. ANDREWS...
  SPRINGDALE...OAK GROVE...LUGOFF...LEXINGTON...LANCASTER...IRWIN...
  IRMO...HEATH SPRINGS...FOREST ACRES...ELGIN...DENTSVILLE...
  COLUMBIA...CAYCE...CAMDEN AND ARCADIA LAKES

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS
IMMEDIATELY! LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES NUMBER ONE KILLERS.
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

REPORT LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR FLOODING TO YOUR COUNTY
SHERIFF...OR CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...TOLL FREE 1 877 6 3
3...6 7 7 2.

&&

LAT...LON 3494 8078 3482 8079 3482 8070 3462 8061
      3412 8058 3411 8062 3408 8062 3387 8085
      3404 8140 3418 8138 3423 8132 3431 8136
      3456 8133 3454 8088 3465 8090 3470 8087
      3482 8090 3493 8087 3501 8091 3506 8090
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 256DEG 33KT 3484 8119 3439 8113
          3412 8114